Power Rangers S.P.D. is an American television series and the thirteenth season of the
Power Rangers franchise, based on the
Super Sentai series,
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger. It debuted on February 5, 2005, on
ABC Family. New episodes continued to debut on ABC Family until the episode "Messenger, Part 1". Starting with "Messenger, Part 2" episodes began to debut on
Toon Disney. It is also the title for the
Korean dub of
Dekaranger in
South Korea, whose logo is similar to the American series. S.P.D. stands for "Space Patrol Delta"; in
Dekaranger, it stood for
Special Police Dekaranger, and in the South Korean dub of
Dekaranger, it stood for
Special Police Delta. A Japanese dub of
S.P.D. started airing on
Toei's digital television channel in Japan starting in August 2011, with two DVD volumes released on August 5. It features the original Japanese
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger cast members dubbing over the voices of their American counterparts.