See his full statement here:

The English voice behind Goku in the 'DRAGON BALL' series, Sean Schemmel on Akira Toriyama's passing "Akira Toriyama sensei saved my life, and I never even met him... is not a metaphor, its quite literal... The vast majority of every single close friend I have, my partner, every thing you see in this room *points behind him on stream*... everything is just because he decided to pick up a pen, and start drawing... Dragon Ball just brings everyone together, its a show about fighting that brings everyone together... when I first got on the show I took the money I earned, and started going to therapy, working on myself, improving myself, just like Goku."

I closed my eyes and listened to this, it felt like Goku with a beard was talking to us.

@ViHero340 Hearing words coming from Sean Schemmel ( Goku’s English Voice actor) really means a lot. 🐉 It has been a week since his passing, and we’re still in shock about this. 😢 Real respect from him! ✊

RIP my childhood hero Akira Toriyama

W goku

I'm touched🩷

Rare moment of Sean Schemmel showing compassion

That’s crazy to me he never met him before wow

Akira will be missed so much by so many.

Definitely one of the 🐐 s

I heard Goku the whole time he was talking!